Maldon and Essex news, sport and information from the Maldon & Burnham Standard

Pitch hire rise forces sports club to reduce its sessions

11:40pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

PITCH hire increases have forced a sports club to cut back on training sessions.

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3 illegal immigrants arrested at rail station

7:30pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

THREE illegal immigrants have been arrested after being discovered working at Colchester’s North Station.

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Plug pulled on drive-in movies plan

1:51pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

PLANS to open a new drive-in cinema in north Essex have broken down.

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Traveller site gets lease, but it has no permission

6:30pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

Colchester Council has agreed to lease land for a travellers’ site off Severalls Lane, even though there is no planning permission for one to exist.

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Cut-out cops scheme no help in tackling crime

5:30pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

A POLICE scheme which used cardboard cutout policemen to try to prevent crime has been scrapped – partly because they kept getting stolen.

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Council tax demand on dead man’s house

4:20pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

A SON has hit out at a council for threatening him with court action over a tax bill for his dead father’s house – even though he does not yet own it.

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Mini Federer needs sponsors

3:20pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

A five-year-old tennis ace is seeking a sponsor to support his training.

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